Law's Dream of a Common KnowledgeIf knowledge is power, then the power of law can be studied through the lens of knowledge. This book opens up a substantive new area of legal research--knowledge production--and presents a series of case studies showing that the hybridity and eclecticism of legal knowledge processes make it unfruitful to ask questions such as, "Is law becoming more dominated by science?" Mariana Valverde argues that legal decision making cannot be understood if one counterposes science and technology, on the one hand, to common knowledge and common sense on the other. The case studies of law's flexible collage of knowledges range from determinations of drunkenness made by liquor licensing inspectors and by police, through police testimony in "indecency" cases, to how judges define the "truth" of sexuality and the harm that obscenity poses to communities. |
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... women testifying about sexual assault . Critical race scholars have demonstrated not only that law is an important tool of colonialism but also that whiteness is , in part , a legal construct . This type of inquiry into the interests ...
... woman who lived in a shoe.11 Now, semiotic analyses (law-as-culture) analysis could enlighten us about the content of the rhymes—the cultural meanings associated with old women or with shoes, for instance—but would contribute little to ...
... women , as has been amply shown in the feminist and critical race the- ory literatures , have been thought of as inscribed directly on the body , for groups that , unlike Blacks or women , include many individuals whose affiliation is ...
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